CVE-2010-1717

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 22.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-05-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the iF surfALERT (com_if_surfalert) component 1.2 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Affected products

If Surfalert Project If Surfalert: 1.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/39526
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12291
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0924
http://secunia.com/advisories/39526
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12291
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0924

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